Anyone run Linux?
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Re: Anyone run Linux?
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Re: Anyone run Linux?
Google is coming out with Chrome OS too. Both Android and Chrome OS have the same kernel as Linux, though.
I've run into a couple snags so far:
- Uploading pics to Facebook or Photobucket turned out to be quite a hassle. Since they both use Java applets to upload pics, you have to download IcedTea, I believe it's called, which is an open-source Java-compatible Linux program. I've yet to get it to work right... the applet simply will not load on the page. So, to upload pics to a site like that without Java, you have to download a program called gThumb, which exports the pics out and uploads them wherever.
- I have a G-Tech Pro RR that I wanted to make work on Ubuntu. The software installed just fine, and it runs just fine through Wine. But I had to buy a USB-to-serial adapter for it when I got it (even for Windows), as the G-Tech only has a serial port on the back. From what I can tell, I've downloaded the right driver for the adapter, as it comes up in the list of connected devices when I enter lsusb into the terminal, and I've connected to it through cu. But I cannot get the G-Tech device to communicate with the G-Tech software. You have to have the right serial port settings in the software (COM1 through COM8) and I've tried them all with no luck. I'm still fooling around with minicom, but I haven't learned how to use that yet.
By the way, you usually have to figure all this stuff out by searching Google or Ubuntu Forums... which requires more patience on your part.
But, back on the positive side, here's another example of how Windows can waste system resources... I'm listening to music right now on the Ubuntu music program Amarok, and with this and two other Internet pages open, my processor usage is in the range of about 35-45% (remember, I'm on a 1.6GHz single-core netbook). Playing the same song on Windows Media Player by itself would be guaranteed no less than 50% processor usage, and if I would start loading Internet pages, it would be between 90-100% and the music would start hesitating.
I've run into a couple snags so far:
- Uploading pics to Facebook or Photobucket turned out to be quite a hassle. Since they both use Java applets to upload pics, you have to download IcedTea, I believe it's called, which is an open-source Java-compatible Linux program. I've yet to get it to work right... the applet simply will not load on the page. So, to upload pics to a site like that without Java, you have to download a program called gThumb, which exports the pics out and uploads them wherever.
- I have a G-Tech Pro RR that I wanted to make work on Ubuntu. The software installed just fine, and it runs just fine through Wine. But I had to buy a USB-to-serial adapter for it when I got it (even for Windows), as the G-Tech only has a serial port on the back. From what I can tell, I've downloaded the right driver for the adapter, as it comes up in the list of connected devices when I enter lsusb into the terminal, and I've connected to it through cu. But I cannot get the G-Tech device to communicate with the G-Tech software. You have to have the right serial port settings in the software (COM1 through COM8) and I've tried them all with no luck. I'm still fooling around with minicom, but I haven't learned how to use that yet.
By the way, you usually have to figure all this stuff out by searching Google or Ubuntu Forums... which requires more patience on your part.
But, back on the positive side, here's another example of how Windows can waste system resources... I'm listening to music right now on the Ubuntu music program Amarok, and with this and two other Internet pages open, my processor usage is in the range of about 35-45% (remember, I'm on a 1.6GHz single-core netbook). Playing the same song on Windows Media Player by itself would be guaranteed no less than 50% processor usage, and if I would start loading Internet pages, it would be between 90-100% and the music would start hesitating.